Description
GAMSoft TelSrv telnet server 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long username.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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GAMSoft TelSrv 1.5 Username Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/telnet/gamsoft_telsrv_username
Exploit-DB 1
- GAMSoft TelSrv 1.5 - 'Username' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16816 · remote · Jun 22, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- gamsoft-telsrv-dos(4945) vdb-entry
- 20000729 TelSrv Reveals Usernames & Passwords After DoS Attack mailing-list
- 1478 vdb-entry
- 373 vdb-entry
- 20000717 DoS in Gamsoft TelSrv telnet server for MS Windows 95/98/NT/2k. mailing-list